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REAL MADRID and Germany midfielder Toni Kroos announced today he will retire after this summer’s European Championship.

The 34-year-old is to hang up his boots after a trophy-laden decade at the Bernabeu.

He wrote on Instagram: “July 17th, 2014 — the day of my presentation at Real Madrid, the day that changed my life. My life as a footballer — but especially as a person.

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